5 Tips For Dealing With Failure

The thing most people don’t know is that it’s not the failure that defines their life; it’s the moments, days, and weeks that follow the failure. Because believe it or not, the sun will rise tomorrow, and the world will keep going on. Will you?

4. Release the need for approval of others.

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Another huge barrier in moving forward is what others will think of you. Everyone struggles with wanting approval from others on some level. Whether it’s your parents, your professor, or your peers, we all long for validation. This need for approval is never more apparent than after a failure. What will others think of me if I try again? Am I stupid for not giving up my dream? What if I fail again? I think this quote perfectly sums up what you can tell yourself when these thoughts creep up:

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone. – Bill Cosby

5. Get a new perspective

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From the time we are young, we are given a mindset about failure – “If I fail then I am weak, and stupid, and inferior.” But what if we could break free from that limited perspective? Instead of viewing failure as an end, view it as a necessary stepping stone. “If I fail, I am one step closer to success.”

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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